VA OIG SAS Software

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Inspector General (VA OIG) has issued a Special Notice announcing a Sole Source Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for SAS software licenses and maintenance services. The award is being made to Executive Information Systems LLC under FAR 6.302-1 sole source justification, as only one responsible source can satisfy the agency requirements. The BPA covers Statistical Analysis Software (SAS) licenses and maintenance to support the VA OIG's existing SAS software infrastructure. The contract structure includes a 12-month base period followed by four additional 12-month option periods. The procurement falls under NAICS code 513210 (Software Publishers) with a size standard of $47 million and PSC code DA10 for IT and telecom business application software services.

The primary purpose of this procurement is to ensure continuity of the VA OIG's critical data analysis, extraction, transformation, and visualization operations that rely extensively on SAS software across multiple modules including Base SAS, SAS Graph, SAS Connect, and various statistical analysis tools. The total estimated value of the BPA is $1,307,515.60 covering all periods, with the VA OIG planning to issue firm fixed price call orders against the agreement. Since this is a sole source award, there are no competitive bidding opportunities for other contractors, as Executive Information Systems LLC has been identified as the only authorized GSA Schedule reseller capable of providing all required SAS products. The justification emphasizes that switching to alternative software would require costly code conversion, staff retraining, and infrastructure modifications that would disrupt the OIG's mission-critical analytical capabilities. Market research confirmed the sole source determination, and pricing will be established through the existing GSA Schedule contract framework.